SUMMARY

• Experience in a unique combination of data center construction, facilities, information technology, financing, and operations across multiple industries and projects.
• EPA - Energy Star Website - Top Twelve Data Center Energy Efficiency Strategies
• 20+ Years Sustainable Data Center Facility Design and Implementation 20+ Years Enterprise IT Infrastructure Design, Implementation and Operations
• 20+ Years Federal & State Government Experience 20+ Years IT Program Management and Project Delivery 20+ Years Sustainability & IT Program Financing, Cost/Benefit Analysis, Incentive Program

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Owner\Consultant

Responsibilities:

• To be successful in the midst of increasing global competition, companies need to quickly adapt to changes in the market.
• Data centers are now mission critical for business operations, and many companies are redesigning their server infrastructures and data centers to be more flexible and sustainable to quickly support changing business processes, accommodate inevitable changes in server technologies
• The Return On Investment (ROI) of your DATA CENTER now has another element that may effect your regulatory compliance in the near future and operating expense. That is Green House Gas Emissions (GHG) or Carbon Emissions.
• “Cost of energy has seldom been a concern for IT departments in the past,” and there was little incentive to invest in energy efficiency improvements. But as data center energy costs become more visible, the financial benefits of moving to a greener mode of operation are the concern by CEOs, CFOs, and CIOs.”

Confidential, Bannockburn, Illinois

Manager Technical Services

Responsibilities:

• Managed decommissioning of old data center
• Set up Security Policy
• Designed and relocated data center from Bannockburn IL to Mt Prospect IL.
• Consolidated Houston Data Center to Mount Prospect
• Created Security Architecture
• Leading the Architecture study to include standards
• Taking the company through Bankruptcy
• Reducing maintenance and monthly cost by utilizing new technology
• Ensures that employees are hired, trained, staffed and retained
• Manages 20 employees plus consultants
• Managing client expectations and facilitating resources
• Manage Operation, Data Center and Help desk.
• Lead Field Technical Analyst to support 84 branches and 6 data centers
• Managed maintenance contracts and support for infrastructure

Confidential, Rosemont, Illinois

Central Area Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manages and directs the overall project management activities.
• Develops department strategy to support business objectives
• Ensures that employees are hired, trained, staffed and retained
• Directs staff of project managers, engineers and specialists
• Continually refines and documents best practices for project delivery
• Build and maintain client relationship management
• Sell Consulting Service
• Create Services/Solutions to be delivery CRM (Siebel. Oracle 8 & 11I), ERP (SAP4.0b-4.6, Oracle 8I-11I including NCA, Peoplesoft, JD Edwards, I2, BAAN)
• Assist companies in Disaster Recovery Testing (Canada & US)

Confidentia, Scottsdale, Arizona

Central Area Manager

Responsibilities:

• Developed Security Practice
• Created Business Continuity Planning Practice
• Managing a team to spin off systems Integration Company
• Identification, definition of the scope of the project
• Manage the project budget
• Develop E-business & CRM solutions base on Oracle (Supply Chain)
• Procure and manage the Hitachi resources
• Manage all Contract Change Requests (CCRs)

Confidential, Dallas, Texas

Practice Leader

Responsibilities:

• Managed projects for E-Commerce, Programming modifications & Testing, Hardware and network installations
• Managed and sold technical services for team of Installation, Support, Programmers and DBA’s for UNIX and AS/400. Integration and conversation with JD Edwards, I2 and SAP
• Developed and implemented the first automated testing run for application in conjunction with IBM Briefing Center for AS/400 product line using Mercury Interactive software when SSA introduced TCP. Supported products
• Consultant for several client installations, including client/server installations on BPCS Supply Chain IBM AS/400’s, HP & RS/6000 Informix and HP Oracle.
• Perform SYSADMIN function on AS/400, RS6000, HPUX and test systems on Solaris for in house support .
• Designed capacity planning for Supply chain audit processes for Client to implement in SNA or TCP/IP for best performance.
• Installed over 70 BPCS version 6.x Client Server on the UNIX and AS/400
• Executed performance and tuning on servers, (AS/400,RS/6000,DEC ALPHA, HP 9000) clients (Microsoft NT 4.0, WIN95, DOS/WINDOWS)

Confidential, San Antonio, Texas

Network Architect/Network System Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Performed full cycle implementation; gathered business requirements, wrote Request for Proposal (RFP), Risk analysis, Return On Investment (ROI), Created presentations to project team and executives, laid out project time line, managed implementation until production.
• Designed Security Polices for Dial - In (Secure ID Card)
• Trained Information Security Team on all Technologies
• Updated and maintained Disaster Recovery
• Evaluated and implemented firewall (Checkpoint)
• Network consisted of IBM 3090, 25 RS6000, 2 AS/400, DEC VAX 6000,65 OS2 IBM Lanserver version 3 Warp, 1 Novell NetWare version 3.12 which supported over 6500 nodes, Meridian SL100 in PBX mode, OCTEL, Lotus notes, VAX notes, Profs, DEC TEAM LINKS. Utilizing Power Point, Freelance Graphics and AutoCAD to document the network.
• Converted 65 OS2 LAN SERVERS to Windows NT 3.51 servers and performed Capacity Planning for LAN/WAN.
• Monitored network performance
• Reviewed & selected security for the network (Encryption, Dial in access, PC locking devices, Antivirus Software, Secure card)
• Implemented network technology strategy and evaluated network products.
• Managed the design and implemented the support of the top 15 executives’ laptops (IBM ThinkPad 701, also known as butterfly).

Confidential, San Antonio, Texas

National Product Support/Engineer/Supervisor

Responsibilities:

• Managed resources and a call center, in-house service technicians and field service.
• Created a security practice for Novell using Bindview
• Performed all testing, capacity planning, performance for Novell, IBM Midrange, and Wang
• Hardware included PC’s Macintoshes, IBM Midrange, IBM Remote controllers, Wang Systems, Novell Network, X.25 pads and switches, Teknicron ACD’s, Preactive dialers, and 911 switches for field service.
• Relocated Data Center from Rolling Meadows IL to San Antonio Texas.
• Define, planned and implemented a parts distribution (Supply Chain) for Wang to include, hot depot, in-bound drop ship, on-site parts depot and nation parts distribution.
• Sold and supported phone and on-site services for software support of UNIX, O/S2, WINDOWS, WIN32, NovellNetware3.1thru 3.2,
• All WANG application and communications.
• Redesigned clients X.25 network with 4500 nodes to address performance and lost communication issues

Confidential, Chicago, Illinois

Senior Technical Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Wrote RFP’s
• Negotiated contracts for maintenance of hardware and software
• Managed a project to provide a electronic mail solution to service our world wide locations using the following mail packages; CC MAIL, IBM PROFS, VAX MAIL, and Wang Office using a SOFT SWITCH.
• Designed and implemented Novell NetWare 2.12
• Supported distribution (Supply Chain) system Hardware and software
• Created and ran Test Scripts for all software upgrades for Wang and Novell
• Designs, implemented and Ran the Test LAB
• Relocated Brussels Data Center.
• Implemented security access for Dial up to IBM Main Frame, Wang, and Novell Network utilizing Secure ID Card.
• Created and maintained the disaster recover document  procedure book for the systems and communications for the whole Chicago Office.

Confidential, Chicago, Illinois

District Software Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Supported all platforms of WANG CPU and all levels of communications.
• Performed Automated Testing of Hardware and Operating Systems software in R&D utilizing Aries Boxes.
• Maintained and supported internal Logistics software and set up Parts Distribution (Supply Chain) for the Chicago Region.
• Taught over 40 Field engineers installation of software and communication trouble shooting.
• Supported hardware and software for the Wang Integrated Imaging System (WIIS).

Confidential, Chicago, Illinois

System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Taught DOS/OS JCL to 120 auditors.
• Administer and operated Wang VS, Data 100 RJE and Data Point.
• Problem determination of hardware and software.